Skating on Bonaparte’s Pond (mural study, Bordentown, New Jersey Post Office)

Media - 1965.18.6 - SAAM-1965.18.6_1 - 75083
Copied Avery F. Johnson, Skating on Bonaparte's Pond (mural study, Bordentown, New Jersey Post Office), ca. 1940, oil on canvas mounted on paperboard, 13 3⁄8 x 34 1⁄4 in. (34.0 x 87.0 cm.), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, 1965.18.6

Artwork Details

Title
Skating on Bonaparte’s Pond (mural study, Bordentown, New Jersey Post Office)
Artist
Date
ca. 1940
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
13 3⁄8 x 34 1⁄4 in. (34.0 x 87.0 cm.)
Markings
back center in black crayon: BORDENTOWN-NEW JERSEY P.O. back upper right in pencil: SKATING ON BONAPATE'S POND back lower left in pencil: NJ 761 back upper left in pencil: Box #2 back center in pencil: #71/Box #2/#48 back upper right in pencil: 44/39o1/48
Credit Line
Transfer from the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service
Mediums
Mediums Description
oil on canvas mounted on paperboard
Classifications
Keywords
  • Figure group
  • Landscape — season — winter
  • Landscape — weather — snow
  • Study — mural study
  • Recreation — sport and play — skating
  • Landscape — lake — Bonaparte’s Pond
  • Landscape — New Jersey — Bordentown
  • Architecture — domestic — Bonaparte
  • New Deal — Treasury Section of Painting and Sculpture — New Jersey
Object Number
1965.18.6
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1965.18.6